Tire-repair device.



c. F. JENKINS.

TIRE REPAIR DEVICE.

APPLICATION mm DEC.24, 1915.

1,174,254. lntmltvd Mar. 7, 1910.

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UNKTEE STATES PATENT BEIGE.

CHARLES FLRANCIS JENKINS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.-

TIRE-REPAIR DEVICE.

Specification of Letters latent. Y pgpt td 72 191 Application filed December 24, 1915. Serial No. 68,526

To all whom it may concern Be it known that'I, CHARLES Fiu N-cis Jizxnixs, a citizen'of the United States, residing at \Vashington, in the District of C0- lumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Repair Devices, of which the followingis. a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accom My invention relates to improvements in}? tire repair devices f'the class in which the; injured segment of the tireis bound-by one i or more chains engaging the wheel and pass.-; ing around the outer portion .of.,the tire Certain devicesof this. kind involve vattach indispensable that the devices should no tj hieh grip it with great force when the tire I 1.. In devices of thee a 'clips passing around, and fitting, the inner when used seriously disfigure thejvlehiclew \Vith these facts in view, I hold the chains-A by deyices which pass around the rim and is full \"inflated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a wheel rim and tire provided with one form of my deviccs. Fig. 2 is a cross section showing the tire deflated but with the repair devices attached. Fig. 2'; is a view similar to Fig. 2, the tire being fully inflated. Fig, 4 is a View similart'o Fig. 1 showing a modification. 3 J i in Figs. 1, 2, 3, A, A represent the felly and rim, respectively, B a pneumatic tire, borne thereby, and C U-shaped springmetal side of the folly .and eachhaving one end permanently engaging one end of a chain'D which passes around the tire and engages an open book C at the opposite end of the verge from the folly, asshown in Fig. 2, and each is preferably bent more sharply outward near its middle point C The tire being deflated and the usual internal patch that therejs nodslipping ons;

parts alongside acut,' .for examp H being inserted a suitable number of cha ns andclips are put inplace with the chains passing over the injured part and drawn down closely. and engaged with their clips. The tire being then inflated, .'the.- chains are pushed ,outwardiw'ith great, force by-the tire wall and the-divergenflaims-of: the clip-correspondinglyggi'ipstheifellynso i tel -1 mm; andclips out the fellyor to throw-thelchal f properrclation, whet.

each eng'aging one otthej-plip with-slight depressions-E f thatjjmfservice they" inn flc 'fithers -Eacli set;- nected to'other sets-by links E, ing shown in thefigures as repairing Cu t'G. i f

Itfis desirable that the, form that underpressu ej'jsmkantothe body' of the' tire and;prci entz paration of, e; I

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descr bed, the;.85 combination with faqiclipwadaptedxtofip assz around the inner side of a-felly and having onone side an arm norinally diver ing fromthe side of the folly and "adapte toipress against that jside vlaen-bentdnxYittdiof. a chain member having one endsecuredto one i end of said clip and adaptedto pass-around-a} tifi'e and engage thefree opposite'end of said -2. In devices'of the the combination with a U-like clipr to;l.pass' around the inner sideof it fell with its arms? normally divergent from the ateral faces ofthe; saine and adapted to grip said felly. whensaid arms are bent inward," of chain I devices for passing closely around a tire carsanie clip. The clip arm's C normally difried by said telly and connecting th ends of .I

said arms; whereby, the deviuasbeing in.

lace on a wheel, inflation of the tire will cause said arms to grip the folly,

3. In devices of the class described, the

Combination with a plurality of U-shaped chps adapted to pass ar0und the inner side of a felly and having normally divergent resilient arms adapted to grips felly when pressed inward, of sets 'ofichain devices said sets on each side of the tire and at some distance from its tread surface.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of a witness.

CHARLES FRANCIS JENKINS. \Vitness:

JAMES L. CRAWFORD. 

